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Glossary

amp hour
A unit printed on battery listings as a capacity. It is not an SI unit. The count of listings in this catalog printing one is one.RelatedThe battery
anvil pruner
A pruner with a single blade that closes against a blunt, flat surface, in Penn State Extension’s description. The pruner listings in this catalog describe bypass and straight blades rather than an anvil.Relatedbypass pruner
bit tip
The working end of a screwdriver bit or a fixed driver. ISO 8764-1 specifies driver tips for cross-recessed screws in the forms PH and PZ.RelatedThe bit tip
bypass pruner
A pruner whose blades pass each other like scissors, as Penn State Extension describes it. The bypass pruners in this catalog each print the word bypass.RelatedThe pruner · anvil pruner
consumable
A part sold to be used up and bought again. In this catalog the plainest case is the Klein Tools crimp tool listing, which ships with a counted pack of plugs.RelatedTool Sets
crimp tool
A hand tool sold to join a connector to a cable. The Klein Tools listing in this catalog is a data cable crimp tool filed among household kits; this site does not describe crimping.RelatedTool Sets · RJ45 plug
cut capacity
The largest stem size a pruner listing says the tool is sold to cut, printed as a fraction of an inch. The count of pruner listings printing one is one.RelatedPruners & Garden Scissors
GPM
Gallons per minute, a flow figure. The count of sprinkler listings printing a flow in GPM is one.RelatedSprinklers
hardness
A measured property of a metal, reported through a published test method such as the Rockwell test in ISO 6508-1 or ASTM E18. The count of listings in this catalog printing a hardness figure is none.RelatedThe blade edge
impact sprinkler
A sprinkler type named in the Orbit tripod listing, which this catalog files with rotating sprinklers on a base. It is also the only sprinkler listing that prints the word pressure.RelatedSprinklers
in-lb
Inch-pound, a US customary unit printed with torque figures. Two listings in this catalog print torque this way, a drill and a torque screwdriver.RelatedThe screwdriver set
keyless chuck
A drill chuck named on drill listings as needing no separate key. Four drill listings here name one, each with the same printed size.RelatedThe chuck and drive
micro-tip snips
Snips described by their listing as having micro-tip blades. In this catalog the term is printed by the Fiskars micro-tip listing, filed among straight-blade snips.RelatedPruners & Garden Scissors
newton meter
The SI unit of moment of force, as NIST Special Publication 811 gives it. The count of listings in this catalog printing torque in newton meters is one.RelatedThe cordless drill
oscillating sprinkler
A sprinkler type named in its listing title. Two listings in this catalog are filed under it, and both print a coverage area.RelatedSprinklers
pop-up
A term printed with a height on the Hunter rotor head listing. This site reports it as printed and does not describe installation.Relatedrotor head
ratchet
A mechanism named on wrenches, screwdriver handles and a crimp tool in this catalog. This site files it under the chuck and drive.RelatedThe chuck and drive
RJ45 plug
A data cable connector named in the Klein Tools crimp tool title. The listing ships a counted pack of CAT6 plugs, the one consumable count in this catalog.Relatedcrimp tool
rotor head
A sprinkler head made for an installed irrigation system rather than a hose. One listing in this catalog is a rotor head of that kind, the Hunter PGP-ADJ, filed among hose sprinklers.RelatedThe sprinkler
S2 steel
A tool steel designation printed on three listings in this catalog. A trade publisher groups it with the shock-resisting tool steels.RelatedS2 steel
torque
A turning force, printed on listings as a figure with a unit. Listings in this catalog print it in newton meters or inch-pounds, and this site does not convert between them.RelatedThe chuck and drive · newton meter
variable speed
A drill listing phrase for speed that is not fixed at a single setting. This site reports the phrase as printed and does not describe drilling.RelatedCordless Drills
water pressure
The pressure of the water feeding a sprinkler. EPA WaterSense notes that pressure above what a spray nozzle is designed for can cause misting and uneven coverage. Of the eight sprinkler listings in this catalog, none prints it.RelatedThe nozzle and filter · Drive Check
wear point
The part of a tool this site files it under: the part a listing would have to describe for a reader to know what gets replaced. The site counts six of them.RelatedWear Points